Box-lid fastener.



M. PBRPIOK.

BOX LID FASTENBR. 11 21110111011 FILED 11211. a, 1910.

Q 1,010,948.; Patented Dec.5,1911.

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MIKE PERPICK, 0F BOVEY, MINNESOTA.

BOX-LID FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Application filed April 8, 1910. Serial No. 554,285.

Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MIKE PERPIGK, a subj ect of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Bovey, in the county of Itasca and State of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Box-Lid Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fastening devices and more particularly to improvements in fasteners for the covers of receptacles, such as show cases, crates and the like.

The principal object of the invent-ion is the provision of a receptacle provided with a sliding cover and a concealed catch or plurality of catches for holding the said cover in closed position.

A further-object of the invention is the provision of means for imparting an initial opening movement to the cover when the catch or catches have been released.

With these and other objects in View, as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises the various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be more fully described hereinafter and set forth with particularity in the appended claims. 7

Referring more particularly to the drawings Figure l is a perspective View of one end of a box or receptacle showing the position of one of the sliding latch members the cover of the box being partly open, Fig. 2 is a vertical, longitudinal, sectional View through the box looking toward the wall, Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrow,

Fig. 4: is a vertical, sectional View taken on the line 4. 1 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 5 is a detail, perspective view of one end portion of the sliding cover showing the keeper arranged thereon, Fig. 6 is a detail, perspective view of the sliding latch member, and Fig. 7.is a detail, vertical, longitudinal, sectional view showing a different manner in which the sliding cover may be supported for movement.

Similar characters of reference are used to denote like parts throughout the specification and the accompanying drawings.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings, the invention is shown as applied to a receptacle which includes a bottom 1, front and rear walls 2 and 3 respectively, and opposite end walls 4. Secured upon the top of the front and rear Walls and the opposite end walls is a continuous molding 4 under which the cover of the receptacle is adapted to slide. Arranged within the receptacle and extending from front to rear are partitions 5 whichserve to divide the receptacle into compartments and which also serve as a means for supporting the sliding cover 6 which is adapted to be inserted from the rear of the receptacle and slid inwardly .to closed position beneath the molding 4 Secured to the front edge of the sliding cover and at opposite ends thereof are keepers 7 which are adapted to receive the terminal, hooked portions of the sliding latch members, to be referred to later, for retaining the cover in closed and locked position.

Formed in the front wall at the upper opposite end portions thereof are dove-tailed recesses 8 which extend inwardly toward the center of the receptacle. Arranged in 7 each of said recesses is a sliding latch member 9 which includes an oblong push button 10 which is of dove-tailed shape in cross section so as to snugly fit within the dove-tailed recesses 8 for free sliding movement. Se-

cured to each of these push buttons and to the inner face thereof by means of a screw or other suitable fasteningdevice is a forwardly extending shank member 11 which has its. inner terminalportion bent inwardly and outwardly to form a hook 12, said hook being adapted to engage with the keeper .7

wvhen the cover is in closed, position. Se-

cured to the front wall and in a line with the sliding latch members are bow-shaped latch springs 18 having their inner terminal portions securely fixed by suitable means to the front wall 2.

By reference to Figs. 2 and 3 it will be seen that the forward or outward 'bOW- shaped portion 14 of the springs is adapted to bear against the inner or rear portion-of the hook 12 and serves to normally force the sliding latch member outwardly so that when the cover is pushed inwardly to its closed position, the end ofthe spring 14 will serve to hold the hook portion 12 of the shank 11 into locking engagement with the keeper 7, thus providing a means for locking the cover in closed position.

By reference to Fig. 3 it will be seen that formed in the inner face of the front wall 2 and communicating with the dove-tailed recess 8 is a'recess 15 adapted to receive the shank portion 11 of the sliding latch member so that the latter will lie flush with the inner face of the front wall 2. Extending across this recess 15 and across the shank portion 11 is a metal strip 16 serving to retain the shank portion 11 within the recess 15 during its sliding movement therein. Secured to the front wall in alinement with the cover and adjacent the inner ends of the springs 13 are bow-shaped springs 17 which latter are adapted to bear against the forward edge of the cover and serve to impart an initial opening movement to the cover when the sliding latch member 9 is pushed inwardly and the hook 12 released from the keeper 7. If so desired, the spring 17 may be set in recesses 18 in order to allow the forward edge ofthe cover to bear against the front walls of the receptacle. After the cover 6, as shown plainly in Fig. 1, has been pushed inwardly to closed position and it is desired to release the same, the push buttons 10 of the sliding latch members 9 are pushed inwardly until the hooks 12 disengage the keeper 7 secured to the underneath opposed ends of the cover, whereby when the latter are disengaged, the springs 17 will exert a tension upon the forward edge of the cover to impart an opening movement thereto so that when the buttons are released the cover may be readily slid outwardly to open position or entirely removed from the receptacle.

In order that the outer projecting end portions of the push buttons 10 of the sliding latch member may be hid from view, molding strips 18 are arranged on the outer surface of the end walls 4;, the said strips extending in height to the end walls and of a width to overlie the buttons when extending upwardly with the vertical end edges of the end walls. The strips may be pivoted or otherwise removably secured to the end walls, so that when it is necessary to operate the buttons, the strips are moved from over the outer ends of the sockets or recesses 8, whereupon the buttons may be pressed inwardly by the fingers of the operator.

It will be noted from the drawings that the sliding cover 6, as hereinafter described, is supported through the medium of the par titions 5, or it may be desired to support the cover in a different manner and by reference to Fig. 7 there will be seen another means for supporting the cover which includes supporting strips 19 secured transversely of the end walls i.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings the advantages of construction and method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates, and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that such changes of construction may be made when desired as are within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new is 1. The combination with a receptacle and a sliding cover therefor, a keeper arranged on the forward edge of said cover, and a sliding latch member arranged in guides on the inner face of the front wall and including a push button and a shank portion, said shank portion being provided at its inner end with a terminal hook adapted to engage with said keeper upon the cover, and a resilient spring secured to the inner face of the front wall of the receptacle and adapted to bear against the-hook to nor mally hold the same in engagement with the keeper.

2. The combination with a receptacle provided with a sliding cover, keepers secured to the underneath side of the cover and at opposite end portions, the front wall of the receptacle being provided in its inner face with clove-tailed recesses arranged at opposite ends, a sliding latch member arranged within said recesses and including a push button and an inwardly extending shank portion which terminates in a hook, said hook being adapted to lockingly engage with the keeper, and a bow-shaped spring secured to the inner face of the front wall in alinement with the sliding latch member and adapted to bear on the rear face of the hook to normally hold the same in looking engagement with the keeper, and means arranged across the inner end of the recesses to hold the shank portion of the sliding latch member therein.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MIKE PERPICK. Witnesses:

KUGMA KALOGERA, DRANE TRBOJEVIGH.

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